Mark Fradkin was born on May 4, 1914 in Vitebsk, Vitebsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a composer, known for Zerkalo dlya geroya (1987), Prostaya istoriya (1960) and Abschied von den Tauben (1961). He died on April 4, 1990 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
